First Military Draft Short of Objective in Ottawa
Ottawa reports Canada s first compulsory muster for military training produced 25 525 net enrollees after 2 034 rejected as unfit from 29 590 reported. Objective was 20 500 for 39 centres, revised in Quebec reducing capacity. Causes: postponements for farming and war industry, prior militia service, student status, and absences in rural districts.
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Ottawa
Canada
Departmentational War Services
Quebec
Bothes
Department of Natonal War Services
National War Services Boards
Canadian Aircraft Production Up In Three Months
Speed Howe disclosed in a ministerial statement that Canadian and United States supplied planes totaled 174 for the period. The statement shows 176 planes assembled locally, 138 by the Royal Canadian Air Force, and 58 delivered from the United States, with overall aircraft industry employment around 11,000, up about 40 percent in three months. A 3 million dollar plant extension is under way to boost British Commonwealth air training plan production, and two additional plants costing 2.5 million are planned for construction and overhaul of planes. Orders placed in Canada in three months exceed 35 million dollars, with plans to manufacture propellors, instruments, and engines domestically.
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Ter Howe
Canadian Associated Aircraft Limited
Royal Canadian Air Force
United States
Canada
Dominion
Cost Of War In Britain Could Cost Billions Daily
The House of Commons approved a war credit of £1,000,000,000 or $4,450,000,000 to cover expenditures through March. Sir Kingsley Wood said Britain is spending about £9,000,000 or $40,050,000 daily for the war effort.
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Great Britain
London
House of Commons
Kingsley Wood
Britain
Local Soldier Killed in Action During Mediterranean Battle
Pat Strathy, 22, of Toronto, killed in action aboard the Ajax in the Mediterranean engagement. Parents notified. Ajax defeated 10 Italians, sinking two.
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Toronto
Sue Ben
Pat) Strathy
HCG
Ajax
Mediterranean
German Freighters Sold to Argentine Firm in Buenos Aires
Three German freighters that had sought refuge in Buenos Aires since early in the war were sold by North German Lloyd to the Compania Argentina de Navigation Lloyd Argentino. The ships Latin, Anatolia, and Xburg remain idle until end of the war under the deal, with a price around 1.4 million dollars. British sources question potential seizure or sinking if they sail neutral waters, noting the sale would fund propaganda and other Argentine aims amounting to about 7,000,000 pesos. The fate of the German crews remains unclear.
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Buenos Aires
North German Lloyd Company
Compania Argentina de Navigation Lloyd Argentino
Germany
Argentina
Alent
Nazi Prisoners Captured After Escape Near Woods
Two German prisoners who escaped from an internment camp were spotted by a rabbit hunter in an empty shack in the woods near here and reported to police. Capt. Wilhelm Jot ing and Ernest Munch were rounded up by officers without difficulty after their ship, the Christopher Dorum, was seized at the outbreak of war.
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St. Jonn S
Wilhelm Joting
Ernest Munch
Christopher Dorum
War Orders Totaling 550 Million Placed by Canada
War orders totalling nearly 550 million dollars have been placed by the department of munitions and supply and its predecessor the war supply board. Howe announced that six percent went to Canadian firms, nine percent to the United Kingdom, and five percent to the United States.
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Canada
Ottawa
Department of Munitions and Supply
War Supply Board
Howe
United Kingdom
United States
Japanese minister Yoshizawa arrives in Ottawa to begin duties
Ottawa welcomed Minister A Ottawa-seijiro Yoshizawa as the new Japanese minister to Canada, succeeding Baron Shun Tomii who has returned to Japan. Dr C. D. Skelton, under secretary of state for external affairs, greeted him on his arrival.
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Ottawa
Seijiro Yoshizawa
Canada
Shun Tomii
Japan
C. D. Skelton
Nascopie Returns From Arctic Patrol A 12000 Mile Voyage
Ottawa reports the ice-breaker Nascopie under Captain TF Smellie has completed its 19th eastern Arctic patrol covering almost 12000 miles with Greenland stops. Maj D L McKeand says it was the longest most momentous cruise. withdrawal of Danish threats saw Canada and the United States aid Greenland with consular and supply efforts. Canadian consul at Greenland is K P Kirkwood.
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Nascopie
Ottawa
TF. Smellie
St. Lawrence River
Greenland
D. L. McKeand
Capital
Denmark
Germany
Canada
United States
K.P Kirkwood
Rescue of 16 Belgians From Drifting Lifeboat
The tanker Panam reported to Mackay Radio that it had rescued 16 crew members from the Belgian freighter Kabalo after finding them adrift in a lifeboat about 475 miles southwest of the Azores. The Panam also said the Kabalo’s captain and 26 crew members were missing in another lifeboat.
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New York
Panam
Mackay Radio
Azores
Oslofjord Seized by Britain For Transport Service
New York reports Norway’s largest ship, the 18,673 ton Oslofjord, long famed as a luxury liner, has been taken over by Britain amid wartime needs and will soon set out for transport service.
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New York
Norway
Oslofjord
Britain
Children Brave Bombing Drills At London Midlands School
Great in London evacuees and local children faced the first war raid with calm despite six seven year olds killed and others injured. Teachers lined them on the floor and they sang as incendiaries struck while pupils and steel helmeted boys from a renowned school tackled fires, salvaged unexploded bombs, and organized a Spitfire fund from bomb fins traded among classrooms.
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Midlands
London
Britain
A .S
Humble Homes Honored by Bomb Disposal Chief
Captain Davies of the Royal Engineers said in a luncheon address that bomb disposal personnel take equal pride in clearing bombs from the humblest homes as in safeguarding St Paul’s Cathedral. He noted that for ordinary citizens their home is as dear as the national landmark is to the service.
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London
Mowers Wast
Royal Effeers
St. Paul's Cathedral
St. Paul's
Davies
Saskatoon Seaman dies at naval hospital in Victoria
Herbert Baxter, 19, a Saskatoon born Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve seaman, died in hospital after three months at the naval barracks in Victoria. The young sailor joined recently and had been serving at the barracks for a brief period.
Canada’s Role in War Effort Highlighted in Poster
The Empire week campaign showcases Canada as a fighting member of the British commonwealth. It features a Canadian air force flyer and notes Canada’s rapid armament production, pilots and crews, 360 planes monthly delivery, 240 million pounds of copper, nickel, aluminum output, wheat exports, and strong daily contributions to Britain’s war.
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London
Canada
British Commonwealth of Nations
United Kingdom
Stay of Information
7 Way
Air Force
Britain
Reach Agreement Winnipeg Wheat Prices Reduced
Canadian Wheat Board announced a general agreement for 1940 41 with Northwest Line Elevators Association wheat pools and United Grain Growers Limited to cut the spread between track and street prices by half a cent per bushel The reduction is retroactive to August 1 following similar moves by the pools and elevators in the prairie provinces and the Northwest Line Elevators Association
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Winnipeg
Canadian Wheat Boa
Northwest Line
Grace For Wartime London by Grace of God and Navy
A wartime luncheon remark by Minister of Food Woolton praises divine aid and public effort. He credited the Royal Navy, mercantile marine, dock laborers, transport workers, and farmers for sustaining London’s war needs. He expressed gratitude for the sacrifices and benefits secured for the nation.
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London
Aerd Woolton
National Defence Committee
Royal Navy
Mercantile Marine
London industrialist Lionel Hichens killed in air raid
Lionel Hichens aged 66, a leading industrialist and chairman of Campbell Laird and Company shipbuilders, and director of the London Midlands and Scottish railway, was killed in a recent London air raid.
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London
Lionel Hichens
Campbell, Laird and Company
London, Midlands and Scottish Railway
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